L. Frank Baum Quotes

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

L. Frank Baum

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• A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.

  

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• Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.

  

  Hannes Alfven
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• I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
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• I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
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• Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.

  

  Naomi Watts
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• It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.

  

  Carl Sandburg
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• Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.

  

  Manika
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  • Long
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• People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.

  

  Kapil Sharma
  • Comedy
  • Stage
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• I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Free
  • Dark
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• I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And I thought, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to read a whole book by myself!' It's not that I couldn't read, it's just that I didn't really like books very much. But the book that she lent me I really enjoyed.

  

  Dakota Blue Richards
  • God
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• Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

  

  Wellington Mara
  • Football
  • Nothing
  • Pop

• Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

  

  Majora Carter
  • Good
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• I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • Time
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• Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

  

  Samuel Johnson
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  • Too Much

• I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist.

  

  Barney Frank
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• President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • People
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• I am undeniably afraid of the dark!

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Dark
  • Afraid

• You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!

  

  Fionn Whitehead
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  • Yourself

• I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity I reserve my warmest touches and smiles for those who smolder with envy.

  

  Clarence Day
  • Different
  • School
  • Happy

• Between the mysteries of death and lifeThou standest, loving, guiding,- not explaining;We ask, and Thou art silent,- yet we gaze,And our charmed hearts forget their drear complaining;No crushing fate, no stony destiny!Thou Lamb that hast been slain, we rest in Thee.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Art
  • Death
  • Rest

• It is unfortunate for J.J that Rousseau cannot say everything he knows about him.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Why
  • Knowledge
  • Treasure